There shall be established an environmental
commission for the protection, development and use of natural resources,
including water resources, located within the territorial limits of
the Borough. The Commission shall be known as the "Environmental Commission
of the Borough of Wharton."

The Commission shall consist of seven members
to be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Borough
Council; one member shall also be a member of the Borough of Wharton
Planning Board, and all members shall be residents of the Borough.
Three members of the Commission shall be appointed for three-year
terms; two shall be appointed for two-year terms; two shall be appointed
for one-year terms. All subsequent appointments of members except
to fill vacancies shall be for terms of three years beginning January
1 of the first year of the term. Members of the Commission shall serve
without compensation.

To advertise, prepare, print and distribute books,
maps, charts, plans and pamphlets, which, in its judgment, it deems
necessary for its purposes, within the limits of funds appropriated
to the Commission.

To do such other acts and things as are reasonably
related to and designed to carry out the purposes and objectives of
the Commission, including without limitation and payment of such Clerks
and other employees as the Commission may from time to time require,
within the limits of the funds appropriated to the Commission.

Subject to prior approval of the Planning Board
and Borough Council, the Environmental Commission may acquire property,
both real and personal, in the name of the Borough, by gifts, pledges,
grants, bequests, devises or lease, for any of the purposes of the
Commission, and it shall administer the same for such purposes, subject
to the terms of such conveyance or gift. The interest so acquired
may be the fee or any lesser interest, development right, easement,
including conservation easement, covenant or other contractual right,
including a conveyance on conditions or with limitations or reversions,
as may be necessary to acquire, maintain, improve, protect, limit
the future use of or otherwise conserve and properly utilize open
spaces and other land and water areas in the Borough.